Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites

Go ahead and eat the cookie dough! Have it for breakfast, pack it in a lunch box or save it for a snack. It’s okay. These flourless chocolate chip cookie dough bites are packed with healthy ingredients.

I’m mourning the end of care-free, relaxing summer days. School has started. Long days and homework woes have set in. I’m also keenly aware that there are only TWO summers left before my first born is off to college. Where does the time go?!

You know what makes things better? Cookie dough!

More specifically, a cookie dough that you can feel guilt-free about enjoying. I’m talking about…

Flourless Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites

The key to this guilt-free snack is chick peas. Pictured is of a can of chick peas that have been chopped in a food processor.

Let me tell you…the batter really does taste (almost) like the real thing! I was jump up and down, this is a dream come true excited about it!

I added flax seed and walnuts so I could feel good about serving these for breakfast on busy school mornings. Let me just say, chocolate chip cookie dough is a real incentive to get out of bed in the morning. 🙂

A cautionary warning (which may or may not be the result of sampling waaay too many flourless chocolate chip cookie dough bites,) as with all good things, the watch word is moderation!